Absolutely. My experience with the OECD, not just on tax issues--as you know, we cover the full range of public policy outside of defence and maybe culture.... We have 150 committees and working groups. They all, of course, are usually manned with delegates from capitals, and they're supported also by business, the business industry advisory council, and the trade union council. All of them are engaged, so when there is an OECD proposal, it is usually non-partisan and objective. And it has, I think, made huge progress on many structural issues, in particular, throughout the membership and beyond. There are many countries that are also now much engaged with the OECD. When I was there, we got up to about 70 non-OECD members, including China, India, Russia, and Brazil. And all of them draw upon the best practices of the OECD, because these are really the world standards.
On February 3rd, 2011. See this statement in context.